plz help me answer this..question
By lonely_f16
@lonely_f16 (2146)
Philippines
April 28, 2007 2:39am CST
A 5.0 cubic metre cylindrical water tank is to be constructed in a certain subdivision. If it is to have a diameter of 1 m, how tall must the tank be? thank you. and may I know how you answered it? thanks again +
1 response
@glra2222 (492)
• Australia
28 Apr 07
I am thinking that:
a cylindrical tank has a circular base.
Find the area of this circle = pi*r^2 (r= diameter/2 = 0.5m)
The volume is 5 m^3.
volume = area of base times height
height = volume divided by area of base
so the height is 5/(pi*0.5^2) = 6.366m
I hope that is the right answer!
@lonely_f16 (2146)
• Philippines
28 Apr 07
hey thanks really...I'm so grateful to you. I hope this is it really thanks a lot!
@ChurchOfIntegrity (23)
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29 Apr 07
I can confirm that it is indeed the right answer you were given above.
